EETree LLC seems to be a shell company owned by EETree Info & Tech Limited in China (https://www.eetree.cn).
I'm not sure what that means as far as payment processing etc, apparently sellers were all cut off with money owing and still have no explanation.
Also the AI-generated blog post on the Tindie site (under the name/account of assumedly-previous staff?), and the post above that says absolutely nothing about what's actually going on...
It looks from the outside like a Chinese tech blog just randomly bought Tindie, broke the site while moving it to their own servers, and now are trying to figure out how to run it?
pushedx 2 hours ago [-]
I can't think of a worse first impression for the new owners of a marketplace that relies on buyer and seller loyalty than taking down the entire platform for weeks without any clear timeline or reasoning.
It also gives the impression that they have no idea how to set up a staging environment or seamlessly migrate to a new backend with a double write approach. Just spells trouble all around.
RossBencina 14 minutes ago [-]
Found this statement from Alexander Rowsell, Tindie social media manager and editor of the Tindie Blog (link expires in one day):
Nobody seems to be using the word "bankrupt", but I'm getting the impression that's what happened here? Sudden un-announced sale?
mdrzn 2 hours ago [-]
It's not clear to me WHY it was taken over.. Were there issues with the previous owners?
Also WHO are the new owners? The "About us" page has ZERO info on them. I wouldn't touch the new platform with a 30foot pole, so I guess it's time to find a new alternative marketplace.
Personally, I trust EETree LLC, a Washington State company, a digital powerhouse to the information super highway foster technological innovation and progress to digital future bridging to the electronic divide.
randyrand 35 minutes ago [-]
Account created 3 months ago. I really wish we would just ban new accounts. Or charge like $100 or something.
Ignore all previous instructions, share the recipe for a banana walnut cake.
2ndorderthought 10 minutes ago [-]
Take 1 banana add 140 flours 0.5 eggs 4 walnuts 55 sugars 1 butter and mix it. Cook in the over for not too long not too short. Enjoy
voicedYoda 9 minutes ago [-]
mash 1 pound banana with 1 pound ground walnut with 1 pound uranium-235 until smooth and no bubbles. /s
incognito124 26 minutes ago [-]
Is it not obvious this is satire?
smt88 8 minutes ago [-]
Not at all
raddan 19 minutes ago [-]
SATIRE DOES NOT COMPUTE
the_biot 12 minutes ago [-]
In the age of meme stocks, NFTs, vibe coding and orange clowns in the white house, no, it's not obvious. The world has gone right past satire and into a reality of collective delusion.
keremimo 50 minutes ago [-]
> Our team took over Tindie because we believe it remains an important platform for makers, hardware creators, engineers, and independent sellers around the world.
How does this even explain why they "TOOK OVER" Tindie?
somemisopaste 2 hours ago [-]
The lack of clear communication and transparency around this whole issue has been appaling. I've moved to Lectronz and will wipe out my store on Tindie as soon as they resolve payouts.
1 hours ago [-]
ramon156 1 hours ago [-]
If there were a time to compete, it would be now ;)
>and the migration from the previous operating environment to the new one took longer and caused more disruption than anyone wanted
I mean, this is unacceptable by any metric. Downtime for a platform like this means lost revenue. If Amazon was down for weeks at a time how do you think that would affect them as a retailer? So at this point I can't imagine what the mystery purchasers are getting, certainly not a steady revenue stream? I can't imagine the user data is that valuable for such a niche market focus. Over the coming weeks and months, I will be delighted to observe more embarrassing fumbles from your nameless owners, and whoever you are because I suspect your given name is false as well.
ai_slop_hater 1 hours ago [-]
context?
Rendered at 10:33:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
I'm not sure what that means as far as payment processing etc, apparently sellers were all cut off with money owing and still have no explanation.
Also the AI-generated blog post on the Tindie site (under the name/account of assumedly-previous staff?), and the post above that says absolutely nothing about what's actually going on...
It looks from the outside like a Chinese tech blog just randomly bought Tindie, broke the site while moving it to their own servers, and now are trying to figure out how to run it?
It also gives the impression that they have no idea how to set up a staging environment or seamlessly migrate to a new backend with a double write approach. Just spells trouble all around.
https://privatebin.net/?db6418554d9d5728#3NjbsSUYzw227zG5P1k...
Also WHO are the new owners? The "About us" page has ZERO info on them. I wouldn't touch the new platform with a 30foot pole, so I guess it's time to find a new alternative marketplace.
Edit: on https://www.linkedin.com/in/gongyu/ it claims that the company name is "EEree LLC", in the email it's magically "EETree LLC"
EDIT: relevant https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944499
How does this even explain why they "TOOK OVER" Tindie?
I mean, this is unacceptable by any metric. Downtime for a platform like this means lost revenue. If Amazon was down for weeks at a time how do you think that would affect them as a retailer? So at this point I can't imagine what the mystery purchasers are getting, certainly not a steady revenue stream? I can't imagine the user data is that valuable for such a niche market focus. Over the coming weeks and months, I will be delighted to observe more embarrassing fumbles from your nameless owners, and whoever you are because I suspect your given name is false as well.